Family cap and nonmarital fertility: The racial conditioning of policy effects

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-71

  Jagannathan, Radha ^a   Camasso, Michael J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family cap; Fertility; Race differences; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037330305     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00052.x     Document Type: Review

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